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VLA Comment: Myself, the founder of Vaccine Liberation Army has been meditating for over 40 years. Bobby Roth also works tirelessly for the David Lynch Foundation where the Foundation installs programs of Transcendental Meditation in schools throughout the country.

CAN IN-SCHOOL MEDITATION HELP CURB YOUTH VIOLENCE?

Teens shuffle into the classroom, backpacks slung over shoulders and earbuds dangling out of sweatshirts. Jokes among friends fly as the students plop into desks arranged neatly in rows.

The instructor in the green shirt jingles a small silver bell. The room grows still. Murmurs fade.

The program is run by the David Lynch Foundation, a nonprofit organization co-founded by the movie director, and is being studied for its effectiveness by the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Researchers are examining whether the meditation program offers tangible benefits for teens at a school where 98.3 percent of students are considered low income. READ MORE…

DA wants criminals to meditate as part of “anti-burnout program”

Put down the shiv, go sit in a corner and quietly chant.

Hardened criminals locked away in gritty city jails can now look forward to getting some inner peace through stress-reducing transcendental meditation classes, courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

The healing will begin as early as April for incarcerated “at risk” juvenile and adult inmates in addition to non-criminals including domestic-violence survivors and sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a notice in the city record. Read more…

Can the Transcendental Meditation technique help those with ASD? Joey Lowenstein is among a growing number of children with ASD that are learning the Transcendental Meditation technique, and who are finding that the daily practice of the TM technique significantly reduces their level of stress and improves the quality of their lives.Go to link